No Supreme Court member was more distraught and dismissive of the court's ruling that gay couples have a constitutional right to civil marriage than Justice Antonin Scalia. On Monday's Daily Show, Jon Stewart laughed at the highlights of Scalia's blistering dissent — "jiggery-pokery," "pure applesauce" — but then noted the more troublesome parts, where Scalia suggests the court subverts democracy and the Constitution.
Scalia, it turns out, has had no qualms about subverting democracy and the separation of powers when it suits his needs, Stewart noted, with examples. But Scalia was obviously very upset by the ruling, and Stewart decided to cheer him up by trolling him. "I feel bad for Scalia, I really do," Stewart said, calling the justice a "modern-day Diogenes" and presenting him with a "gesture of empathy" — an animated short called "Antonin Scalia and the Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day." You can watch below. Peter Weber
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